Hysteria will not win friends or influence people. That goes for the left or the right. Hysteria on the Right The American Family Association (AFA) has been putting out hysterical emails titled “Don’t allow President Obama to remove America’s most basic freedoms”. Once you cut through the hysteria, though, the…
Blogger has some neat customizations, but out of the box it is somewhat clunky. I really want to change the template of the blog to move to a 3 column type of format, sort of what you get with many WordPress templates from the get-go. If there is a widget…
Well, well. Perez Hilton wants his cake and to eat it too. He asked Miss California a politically charged question about “same sex marriage”. He then shows his hypocrisy by criticizing her answer simply because he doesn’t agree with her. He stated he was “offended” by her answer. Well, only…
The American self-loathing of the Democrats and liberals did not end this week. As you may recall, this month started off with a trip to Europe where President Obama referred to American “arrogance” and a “dismissive” attitude. The entire G20 Summit was about conciliation, it seems. Or, was it about…
The Holy Days have made this a busy month! There have been several items in the news that I want to draw your attention to. I want to get them to you before they get too stale. Los Lunas, NM Hebrew tablets, the sexual minefields of young girls, the hypocrisy…
I ran across an interesting article on Bringing Good Home. This blog has since moved and is now A Classic Housewife in a Modern World. However, the post “Thirteen Things I Try To Do When Blogging…” really caught my eye as a common sense Christian approach to blogging in general. …
I previously wrote in “Freedom vs Ideology” that the end times will bring a clash of ideologies leading to the brink of global destruction. Perhaps you have also read the article “Politics: The New Religion?” where truth suffers under radical ideology, and that includes today’s political atmosphere. Just how dangerous…
How long does it take to read through the entire Bible? According to BibleGateway.com, it only takes 90 days. Ambitious? Sure. However, they state: While 90 days might seem like a short time for such a long book, the reading works out to just 12 pages a day—still a major…
Thou shalt not kill. ~ Ex 20:13, Dt 5:17 The taking of human life is very serious in God’s eyes. When a human arbitrarily takes the life of another human, they are acting as judge, jury and executioner. Some condemn the death penalty, and they appeal to “Thou shalt not…
“What is the opposite of ‘legalism’? ‘Il-legalism’?” ~ Garner Ted Armstrong The Worldwide Church of God (WCG) website has a reprint of Appendix A of Kingdom of the Cults, by Walter Martin, 1997 edition. It supposedly documents the journey of the WCG from “cult” to “Christianity” by repudiating “heresy”, including…